Mort Walker

Humor strips dominated what were called the funny papers early in the century, but by the 1920s and '30s, adventure strips had…

— Mort Walker

When I introduced a black soldier, Lt. Flap, in 1971, the Stars and Stripes banned the strip. They were having racial problems…

— Mort Walker

If I'm going on vacation, I just work ahead.

— Mort Walker

The people who were against the Vietnam War thought I was attacking the Army. The guys in the Army thought I was…

— Mort Walker

When I write 'Beetle Bailey,' I can always do jokes about him being lazy, and everyone gets it.

— Mort Walker

Belly buttons were a big battle of mine. Down at the syndicate, they would clip them out with a razor blade. I…

— Mort Walker

People take a liking to me like I'm a long-lost friend.

— Mort Walker

I think it's legitimate to do satire. If you're going to write a book of satire on Marilyn Monroe or Madonna, you're…

— Mort Walker

I like to keep doing something new and different so people can't say I'm doing the same thing all the time. I…

— Mort Walker

I first sold a cartoon for five dollars. I was in the fifth grade.

— Mort Walker

I was kicked out of The Stars And Stripes twice, and finally got back in.

— Mort Walker

Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart.

— Mort Walker

Old cartoonists never retire, they just erase away.

— Mort Walker

Everything I know, I write about. My only research is what I did.

— Mort Walker

I took Beetle home thinking that after the Korean War was over, I would have to take him out of the Army.…

— Mort Walker

I don't know how I'd be retired. I wake up every day with another idea.

— Mort Walker